How To Install vcheck on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcheck on Kali Linux.

What is vcheck

vcheck is:

This is a tool for checking for latest versions of programs at HTTP and FTP locations given a list of URLs and (Perl-style) regular expressions to match, and to optionally download them automatically.

There are three methods to install vcheck on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vcheck Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vcheck using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vcheck

Install vcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vcheck using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vcheck

Install vcheck Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vcheck

How To Uninstall vcheck on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vcheck package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vcheck

Uninstall vcheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vcheck

Remove vcheck Configurations and Data

To remove vcheck configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vcheck

Remove vcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vcheck

Dependencies

vcheck have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libwww-perl

References

• vcheck website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcheck package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.